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Loose

Loose (loose)
a.(l***oomac]s)
Loose
[Compar. Looser (?); superl. Loosest.] [OE. loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loo
  1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

    Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak.

  2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc.; -- with from or of.

    Now I stand
    Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts ?
    Addison.

  3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
  4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.

    With horse and chariots ranked in loose array. Milton.

  5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.

    The comparison employed . . . must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation. Whewel.

  6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.

    The loose morality which he had learned. Sir W. Scott.

  7. Unconnected; rambling.

    Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages. I. Watts.

  8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
    Locke.
  9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.

    Loose ladies in delight. Spenser.

  10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
    Dryden.

    At loose ends, not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed. -- Fast and loose. See under Fast. -- To break loose. See under Break. -- Loose pulley. (Mach.) See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast. -- To let loose, to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.


Loose

Loose (loose)
n.
Loose
  1. Freedom from restraint.
    [Obs.] Prior.
  2. A letting go; discharge.
    B. Jonson.

    To give a loose, to give freedom.

    Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow. Addison.


Loose

Loose (loose)
v. n.(l***oomac]s)
Loose
[imp. *** p. p. Loosed (l&oomac]st); p. pr. *** vb. n. Loosing.] [From Loose, a.]
  1. To untie or unbind] to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

    Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? Job. xxxviii. 31.

    Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. Matt. xxi. 2.

  2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

    Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. 1 Cor. vii. 27.

    Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matt. xvi. 19.

  3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

    The joints of his loins were loosed. Dan. v. 6.

  4. To solve; to interpret.
    [Obs.] Spenser.

Loose

Loose (loose)
v. i.
Loose
  1. To set sail.
    [Obs.] Acts xiii. 13.













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